Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-05-29
THR FIRST VIRGINIA GETS THE ggGI.
MENTAL DRILL PRIZE.
a Court OF Inquiry-An OFsr That was
Seorned-The Virginia Brigade
Breaks Camp.


Paul, Mimi, carried or the honor. i'm IN.
DAY drill and both will be well IN TO.
W1u> the ur,i place.
MS afternoon General Anderson. his
sian, and all tbe field and lincoln ,cr> Of
the Virginia brigade called % General |
Auaut ana were entertained at Lunch by |
Che iait,r and his stan. They then tool, |
iorna' leave Of General Anger.
4 COURT or INQUIRY.
This afternoon q court Of inmliry wa, |
held 90 brigade headquarters ai The request |
Of Captain John TiucSLcim. OF The Peters. |
burg battery. Tue question which came /
up was q curious one.
-Four batteries had entered for battery |
drill. one was from IndianapoliS, one |
from Milwaukee, another from Pennsylyl.
MIA, and another from Petersburg. The |
Pennsylvania battery dropped out, leaving |
three batteries 90 compete. The rcgull.
honS ~ the drill were That az least three
batteries must compete, and that tlc pfiz,
OF 81 800 would be given the best and the
Prize OF $1,000 % the second best. Cap
tsiu Truc>hcim withdrew hi, battery after
seeing the inc driii OF The Indiluapoli,
men. 1hi, LEFT only two batteries. and I'm
case of competition Oply the main prize |
WOuO bc Oh,yCJ Day before Yesterday |
The captain OF thc Milwaukee battery
called Ou Captain Irue>hcim, and, u
tut Tie matter plainly, tried 10 get |
hlm 10 cutter the dnll, Offering To pay
him $50 10 DO so. The Milwaukee men
knew they stood DO chance for the first
prize. hun felt sure OF the second. Captain
TIuCshcim told General Anderson about
The matter and doclned, Of course, 20 en-.
ter INTO any such arrangement. Yesterday |
It began 90 be- said m the cncampmcnt that
Captain Iruo,b.im had offered to 20 inio
the drill for $500. IL wa, found that the
Milwaukee captain had circulated this re.
port. Captain IruC~hGm asked FOR q court
Of inquiry, which met and examined the
Milwaukee captain, and found the ficiS 10
Dee aS above stated. General Anderson ap-
proved the finding oi the court. The mt
ter created much tax to-day and resulted
in The complete condemnation OF the Nil.
Waukcc battery.
LEFT FOR HOME.
About 4 O'Clock this afternoon. IN The
midst OF O light Rim. tbe second ana Third
Virginia broke camp and left for home.
For both regiments special trains Were
ready 90 Alexandra. The troop, got on in
GOOD shape despite the bad weather, and
were chccfcd all tAc way % the depot. At
Is O'Clock The First regiment. six companies, |
broke camp and marched % the depot nm
der command OF Major B'deO)d. This
regiment mldc q hnr appearance on it,
i9IcWci march, AND Vas loudly Chccrcd.
Ey This time quite heavy rain VA, falling.
Colonel Sp0i,WoId, 81 On. Fir>' reyl-
mcnt, remains boo order ~ be present next
Monday afternoon io receive stand Of
,olols won hy the First Virginia ~ TIE
re1imeui9l competitive drill. The stand
consists 81 national and state iltg> and
.uldOu~ an beautifully embroidered. They
cost q thousand dollars. Colonel Sp0tsWO)l
I, informed. He will receive u at the hands
of the judges. and will take home The
national flag ami gulions The state llg
Will be- sent boy thc drill committee to Phia-
dciphla 90 bc embroidered with the state
arms and the name oi the regiment. Gene
rsl Anderson aud several OF hi, stat re-
main until Monday.
This evening i1ie the camp of tha Nir-
eiuIa boy, looks cherries, with its r0w, VI
empty tent, aud the utter absence 0f life
and hustle which have characterized 10 all
the Wcpl. The Virginia brigade gave the
only brigade drill. a"d had the greatest
audience ever 100 the dTili-rOund, ana the
Fh,t virginia was thc only regiment which
competed for the ro9imeutll prlZe. The
Kentucky regiment backed out ~ de-
cliucd fo Giil.
rur RALEIGH GUARD. !
Tnc Governor, Guard lon for Raleigh
Old ,pocM train Tonight and will be
home tU-WoIruN AFTERNOON.
The Washington STR Of Thu afternoon
.ay-: . G,u,il Anderson. of th' Virginia
l.ri..d. and uc,o5,r. of III, staff cv2rc.,
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thc cuc9mumcpi SOD f.ra~ the brig tdc D. con-
',,''t E.r,rI anderson >ly, The camp
-. , ,.',.,,., M triction for bi> men.
ir.nv ~ whom needed such experience.
The .tlcfl,t discipline has been m2in-
tanned. AVID thc troop. have been required
a. attend ~ cy,ry camp 1u'y with a, much
Gd,liv as though They were ac.ullty u |
service ia Toe q id
Orpot tut >uU officers stated that the |
eucgwum,rt h4- been of great benefit also |
t,n.py of tbl o.f.rr. who needed i'm. |
,truc.on ia the r,.l. They were gooi /
dr.V officer. u ih.ir own nrmoric>, hu' |
kue,, rf,l. ~ he Ju... required of them |
irthef,lI some 81 The Virginia cIptun, |
b.ycf.f tftir mon up uul I'm lne at /
o'.lo.t iD 'l, woIuu-. and uO point b1, |
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t.lia camp Of instruction affords.
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